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y To all whoiait may concern oHAnLEs w'nunMANoE, or seHnrLERSVILLE,l .NEW YORK.

Letters`1`3atent N 103,180, lated Mag/17, 187

` CULINARY VESSEL.

` The Schedule referred' to in these Letters Patent and m'aking part of the name Be it known that I,Cinemas-W.` HEBMAXCE, of

` Schnylersville, in ythe county of Saratogaand in the State of New York, have'` invented certain new and usefulImprovements inMeat and Vegetable-Boilers 5.

andv do hereby declare that the following a full, clear, and exact 'description thereof', reference being had to the accompanying-idrawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon making a part of this specification.

Tlie nature ot'. my. invention consists in theconstruction and arrangement of a vessel for boiling meat and vegetables, aswillbemore fully hereinafter set forth. V

Inorder to enable others skilled inthe art t which `my invention appertains to make and use the same, I

will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexedy drawingswhich rep# resent a longitudinal vertical section of my improved boiler. y

Arepreseuts awessel, of anysuit-able material, shape, and dimensions, having an aperture in the center of its'bottom, from which rises a tapering-tube, B, said tube extending upward to the top of the vessel.

C represents the L cover, which is, near its edges, perforated with a series of .small holes, and, in itsv center, provided with an aperture which is smaller than the upper end of the tube B. From tliis-A aperture in the cover O' descends a small tube to within about an inch from the upper end of the tube B.-

will entirely prevent the escape of steam or the smell of cooking-vegetablesfrom entering the/room The tube B, attached to the bottom, furnishes a4 mea-ns of escapeforthe steam as fast as generated, and the tubeD and apertures in thecover provides a draught, whichgreatly facilitates the expnlsionof-,steam into the stove, instead of escaping into the,-room.

Having thus-fully described my invention,

That I- claim as new, and desire to 1 secure by Letters Patent, isl Y In `combination with a vessel, A', the tapering-tube B and perforated lid C, `wit-l1 downward-projecting tube D, all substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing,-Iha\'e hereunto set my hand andseal this 19th day of March, 1870. 4 i

` CHARLES W. HERMANOE. [In s.]

Witnesses: e

G. F.NVATs0N,

"J, H. D. KIDDER.

l The object and result of my invention is to pro duce a vessel for boiling;r meats and vegetables that 

